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Definition of adversarial in English:

adversarial

adjective

‘Williams insisted there had been no adversarial relationship between the ministry and the nurses.’

‘Working for opposing stations the two men relished the jokey adversarial relationship they shared - one which continues until today.’

‘We have an adversarial relationship with them.’

‘Families engaged in contentious, highly adversarial, and prolonged conflict before and during divorce often remain embattled afterward as well.’

‘But it is one thing to air such differences in a framework of constructive give-and-take and another to escalate differences of opinion into an adversarial relationship.’

‘I think there is an adversarial relationship within the sports journalism business.’

‘They have a much more adversarial relationship with government than we do.’

‘‘This issue needs to be looked at given the adversarial nature of compensation claims,’ Dr Reilly said.’

‘I wouldn't call it an adversarial relationship.’

‘This is not good for the health of our democracy, since it often casts civil society in an adversarial relationship to the State.’

‘The Convention drew up a list of principles to guide the Parliament, including the aim to move away from the adversarial nature of Westminster and towards a model based on power-sharing and public participation.’

‘The only beneficiary of the adversarial relationship imposed on religion and science two hundred years ago has been meaninglessness.’

‘With shared goals, there is less reason for conflict or adversarial relationships.’

‘But what surprised me most about the meeting was a general agreement that the biggest turn-off was the adversarial nature of the campaigning.’

‘She has obviously had an adversarial relationship with the media for a long time.’

‘Creating an adversarial relationship with the listener is a mistake.’

‘The thing about questions like this is that they presuppose an adversarial relationship with clients, and that's so not the case with me.’

‘It has never had an adversarial relationship with the government.’

‘This is an adversarial relationship both ways, in which the media control more weapons of destruction than any minister, and use them with reckless passion or amusement, whether to make a headline or dismantle a career.’

1.1Law (of a trial or legal proceedings) in which the parties in a dispute have the responsibility for finding and presenting evidence.